Objectivity is needed in higher education: Dale Schlundt explores the question of how one can teach objectivity in the humanities when contextualizing material that may place it in a sensitive issue in contemporary society

On the record? Not liberal professors!: It would appear that the only thing that American professors fear more than Donald Trump is being recorded in class saying that they are afraid of Donald Trump, writes Dennis Prager

The old college try: If you're a parent and sending a child to college, says Lisa Fabrizio, you're paying a lot of money for some dubious results and activities

Ahmadinejad at Columbia: Merely a symptom: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance at Columbia University last week is an example of the myriad of problems at America's universities, says Christopher G. Adamo

Showing students how just makes sense: There is nothing wrong, argues Nancy Salvato, with a teacher giving the students in their class some direction. They are responsible, after all, for introducing new ideas

What I learned in high school: Christian Hartsock looks back on all the lessons he learned in high school, ones that included putting condoms on bananas, being tolerant of gays and why the Bush Administration is the greatest evil ever

Robbing parents to pay teachers: In any other context it would be viewed as thievery. Alan Caruba charges that parents are being robbed because of the sub par education they are paying for their children to receive

Puritanism: The origin of public education: The American education system wasn't the product of a German politician or Greek philosophy, argues Thomas E. Brewton. It was the result of Puritans who wanted to make sure people could read and debate the Bible

Battling the education hydra: Nancy Salvato wonders how America's teachers can teach when they themselves are often ill-equipped to understand what they are trying to communicatea

End the tyranny of homework!: Down with homework! Alan Caruba argues that homework does nothing for America's children and should be relegated to the dustbin of history

The moral failure of college: Bruce Walker takes a look at higher education and comes away disgusted by the failure of colleges and universities to properly philosophically prepare their students

Caving in the face of union politics: If government wants to fix what's wrong with the education system, the last thing it should do is dump more money into the system, writes Nancy Salvato

That'll teach 'em: Lady Liberty is always -- and grudgingly -- prepared to hear parents talk about their children but she wasn't ready for horror show heard from a friend about the state of public schools

A think tank's credibility tanks: Nancy Salvato could do little more than shake her head at the news that a new education-focused think tank is monitoring its conservative peers

A battle cry for freedom: Nancy Salvato believes that the American education system needs to make changes to its social studies and civics programs to ensure the participation of Americans in the political process

College illiteracy stuns educators: American educators may be stunned that nearly one-third of college students can't extrapolate facts from a complex book but Samuel L. Blumenfeld isn't

Storm arises over emergency school vouchers: In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, public money was made available to move students from destroyed public schools into private schools? A good thing? Not according to some, says Paul M. Weyrich

The battle on campus: The latest generation of conservatives on campus are ready to do battle, explains Brendan Steinhauser in an excerpt from his new book The Conservative Revolution: How to Win the Battle for College Campuses

A conservative teacher in a Blue State: Nancy Salvato is hardly surprised that more conservatives don't enter the teaching profession. The system is practically designed to eliminate them from getting into the classroom

Pin the note on the student: Two bills were introduced last week to aid the student victims of Hurricane Katrina. One of them helps solve their problems, the other is a sop to teachers' unions, writes Nancy Salvato

NEA, the labor union for teachers: The National Education Association may portray itself as an advocate for education but Stephen M. Lilienthal says it's just another liberal union that only looks out for its members

The shell game of publicly funded education: The debate over education funding has concentrated on what level of government should be paying the tab. Nancy Salvato wonders why the government needs to be involved at all

Gates' education action plan needs momentum: Nancy Salvato agrees with Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates that there is plenty wrong with American high schools but she thinks his ideas to solve the problems wouldn't do so

When academic snobs attack: Frank Salvato hasn't an ounce of sympathy for either Harvard University president Lawrence Summers or University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill

Beneath the learning curve: Remember the days when children were actually taught? Lady Liberty says big changes are needed in public education unless Americans are content with less than a first-rate system

Ritalin and Russian Roulette: Would you allow your child to take a drug no one is sure what effects it has on children? If your child is on Ritalin then that's exactly what's happened, says Samuel L. Blumenfeld

Students vs. professors: Your average university faculty may be a nest of far leftists but that doesn't mean that the students share their beliefs, argues Hans Zeiger

Free market the key to school reform: Why doesn't the political left appreciate the benefits that the free market can provide education? Trevor Bothwell says it's because they just don't understand the market's transformative nature

Student vouchers invite government involvement: Nancy Salvato says it's a good thing that the battle over school vouchers has mostly been a losing one because the second a private school accepts public money is the same second the government effectively takes them over

Communism for kids: They may not be reading Mao's Little Red Book but Trevor Bothwell says today's American school kids are being indoctrinated nonetheless

Who's looking out for campus conservatives?: Conservatives may be the minority in university faculties, writes John T. Plecnik, but that doesn't mean that conservative students don't have other resources available to them

Education visionaries must prevail: Anyone can dump money into an education in a bid to try and fix problems but Nancy Salvato argues that the real solutions lie in finding a James Madison-esque type of figure

Billions wasted on teacher attrition: Every year school districts spend billions of tax payer dollars to experienced replace teachers, something no private business could do and survive, writes Nancy Salvato

The liberal art of public education: We're two months into this present school year, says Trevor Bothwell, and not a heck of a lot has changed. The world may be different but liberalism still has its death grip on education

Multiculturalism's war on education: Multiculturalism seeks to inject an anti-Western dogma into today's curriculum, says Elan Journo, not enrich education as its proponents argue

History as she is wrote: If you want to know why kids these days don't seem to know much of anything useful -- or have a command of proper facts -- you should take a look at their textbooks. Terry Graves says they are filled with "facts" that will make your head spin

A fresh box of crayons: Kerry L. Marsala hopes that while you're buying your children their supplies for the start of school next month that you take a moment to remember that many people around the world haven't had that opportunity. Get involved!

The destruction of American education: No matter how you look at it, says Alan Caruba, the American education system is broken and there is no quick fix. Ever more money is being spent and children are graduating with fewer skills

"No Child Left Behind" and UNESCO: People claiming that the U.N. may one day play a role in the American education system are dismissed as wearers of tinfoil hats. Tom DeWeese wants to know if you'll believe it when a member of the Bush administration says the same

The
separation of school and state: Alternatives prove, says Wendy
McElroy, that government approved education isn't always the best choice
or the only one when it comes to preparing your child for the future

Replacing
colleges with hope: Bruce Walker is of the opinion that universities
have perhaps outlived their usefulness as centers of higher knowledge

Impoverishing
everyone. Educating no one: The more the federal government
becomes involved in education, argues Alan Caruba, the more the system
breaks down. George W. Bush's administration is no different

Another
spin on school choice: Bruce Walker argues that all levels
of government should get involved in providing education to produce competition,
something he believes would radically improve public education in America

Educators
vs. reading: Once again national tests have shown no improvement
in reading scores and Onkar Ghate says it's because educators refuse to
give up the whole language method of reading

Anti-social
studies: Social studies used to be about teaching young people
about the world around them. These days, says Bernard Chapin, it exists
to indoctrinate them

NEA to target
Republicans in 2004: The National Education Association is
once again proving that it's mission in life has little to do with education.
Samuel L. Blumenfeld reports the NEA will be heavily involved in the 2004
elections

Better
education through vouchers: Paul Weyrich thinks Trent Franks'
Children's Hope Act will do much good in American public schools and most
importantly will help children

Realism
at school: Why does Bernard Chapin work at an alternative
school? Because the forces of political correctness can't make inroads
in a place where reality reigns supreme

Diplomythology:
It might not be want to hear, especially if you're a parent paying for a child's
higher education, but Bruce Walker says that formal education is meant to inculcate
beliefs, not transmit knowledge

The
NEA's at it again!: Once again the National Education Association is doing
a disservice to students. This time, Jeremy Reynalds writes, it's their recommended
lesson plans dealing with the anniversary of September 11

Future
learning: From 25 years in the future comes an example of the average
student's essay! If you think Daniel Ryan's satire is off the mark, just remember
what American English sounded like a little over 25 years ago

Specious
science in our schools: Want to know why American kids, on the average,
aren't setting the world on fire when it comes to science? Alan Caruba answers
by asking you to examine what they're taught

Are
parents boycotting public schools?: Although not everyone is doing
it because of James Dobson, a lot of people are being to withdraw their children
from public schools, writes Wendy McElroy

Local
schools? Don't make me laugh!: Alan Caruba says the days of the local
school board running the show is long gone. Today the power resides far away and
isn't very accountable to you

Real
changes in education: Greg Pomeroy likes what he sees in the education
bills passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and what they mean
for the future of education

Boston's
ongoing reading problem: Boston is great at spending billions to build
underground highways and roads but when it comes to teaching a child how to read
the results are less impressive, reports Samuel L. Blumenfeld

Time
to kill the standardized test: Steve Martinovich scored some impressive
results in the standardized tests he was given and yet left university without
a degree. That's not why he's opposed to the tests

A
quick quiz: Take Dr. Michael R. Bowen's quiz and discover whether you
came of age during the so-called progressive education movement

Close
the Department of Education: What's a few hundred million between friends?
Recent testimony by a Department of Education official admitting massive waste
and fraud is a good reason to shutter that federal department, says Vin Suprynowicz

The
Bush education fix will only make it worse: George W. Bush's love of promoting
education may be honourable, but his recently announced plans do nothing to fix
the fundamental problems America's schools have, writes Tom DeWeese

Illiterate
America: Alan Caruba is frightened by how dumb graduates are today. Judging
by the numbers, people are plenty dumb

Indoctrination,
not education: Alan Caruba denounces George W. Bush's education "fix"
as an expansion of power for the Department of Education, an agency no one can
find listed in the constitution